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Little girl

One by one the nurses began rushing in, not noticing the men who had just slipped out of the girls room. One went straight over to check Ava's blood pressure and another grabbing the sedative to calm her down. Ava was frantic, trying (and failing) to unhook herself from all the machines connected to her. She needed to protect Bella. She knew if she didn't do something then something bad would happen.

Dr. Natalie Manning came into the room and straight over to the bed, she began assessing Ava. Unsure of what had made her freak out so suddenly with what seemed to be no trigger. "Ava? Ava, sweetie, what happened? I'm going to need you to calm down or we're going to need to give you something." She spoke stern but caringly. She understood the young girl had been through a lot but if she didn't calm down it could cause more damage to her brain bleed that they were waiting to fix.

"The men, they were here. They're going to get Bella!" Ava cried out, her hands coming up and covering her face as she wiped her tears that continued to flow. "I'm so stupid! I told them she went with the firefighters! I was meant to protect her!" She sobbed, running her hands up and grabbing chunks of her hair. That was when Natalie saw the bruise forming on the 16-year-olds cheek, one that wasn't there before.

Natalie turned to Maggie who was still preparing the sedative just outside the door and yelled to her. "Call Sergeant Voight! Tell him and his team they need to get to firehouse 51 IMMEDIATELY!"
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"Listen lady, I don't know what that girl told you but we're taking our sister." The first guy said harshly, stepping forward while keeping his eyes locked on Sylvie's, obviously trying to intimidate her.

Sylvie didn't flinch though, her own eyes pointing daggers at the men in front of her as she held her ground. There was no way they were brothers, and if they were then they obviously had two VERY different parents. Her eyes shifted to the second guy who stood slightly behind the first, his hair was longer than the first and was bright orange, but he looked just as nasty as the first.

"Now, I'm not gonna ask you again. Hand the kid over." The first guy hissed as Sylvie's eyes joined him again. He was only roughly ten steps away from her, but she wasn't scared, not for herself at least. She could see Matt and Kelly inching closer out of the corner of her eyes. Stella stood beside her but still slightly in front, using her body to shield Bella from the mans view just long enough for Kelly to take her from Sylvie's arms to keep her out of harms way.

"No." Sylvie stated firmly, her heart was pounding in her ears and she could feel her adrenaline pumping. She suddenly had a flash back to the shower room, seeing Bella's bruised little body. It made her see red. Suddenly she yelled, lunging forward only to be held back by Stella. "How dare you!?"

The guy jumped slightly, taking a step back out of her reach as a sly grin crossed his face. "So, the brat told you huh?" He let out a laugh as he looked back to his partner then back at Sylvie, his voice made her feel ill. "What? You wanna trade places with her, pretty thing? There's enough of us to go around."

"She's a child you freaking pervert!" Sylvie yelled as she fought hard against Stella, she wanted to belt the crap out of this guy. Make him feel the pain he had made Bella feel. Tears were stinging Sylvie's eyes, not from sadness but from rage. She couldn't believe what he was saying, in front of a room full of witnesses. "How could you do that!? To a innocent little girl! Did you see her ribs after what you did to her!? Did you see the bruises you left?"

Sylvie felt the angry tears slide down her cheeks, they were hot against her cold skin. She saw the look on the partners face, she could tell he had no clue what the first guy had done to Bella. She had read the name embroiled on his shirt it read 'Tom', she knew they were stupid but to come with his name on his shirt was a new level.